Monday, April 18 2005
0730: wake to the sweet sounds of a snoring seefutjai >=[ uy...
0820: drop off pops @ work, head to work @ BCIT
0855: need my caffeine O_o...stumble into the office.
- co-worker lady's feeling chatty this morning, going on n on about her sons, one of whom is an astro-physicist @ CalTech in the states (sure sounds impressive, to me anwyway)
- day's pretty slack, not much going on @ either of the 3 centres...
1330: meet up for lunch w/ a friend on campus (more specifically; a girl w/ an "interesting" middle name). i'll leave it at that.
1500: time to lock up, security sends some 80-year old guy down to the NE1 Test Centre to lock up, buddy can't even find the right key to lock the cabinets/doors, yeesh...the geezer's talkative too; jabbers on about how he used to work up North, chasing culprits in the snow...yaddayadda...(sorry grandpa, any other day i'd be interested, but it's Monday n i'm tired).
1530-1700: gym. felt really tired for some reason, just not motivated, ended up not finishing n just lying on the field/track outside for a few minutes soaking up the gorgeous sunshine. aah...
- picked up pops from work, then back home. found a message for me on the answering machine, some dude from Absolute Recruitment (an agency based in Toronto/Sauga/Vancouver) seems interested in my resume. guess i'll call buddy back tomorrow...
2025: *whew*!! near emergency!! was just relaxing after dinner, talkin' to my sis on msn n letting her have a lil dose of "Bobo Live" (she misses the seefutjai...i can empathize)...so i put the dog down n i'm just chilling in my basement, playing/singing that Howie Day song (Collide) when all of a sudden; i feel bottom of my guitar slip out from underneath my arm...O_o!!! the shoulder strap must've gotten twisted & the lil notch @ that end probably slipped off of the brass nob...uyy...but luckily my turtle (ninja turtle) reflexes kicked in, n i managed to save it...whew. that was a close one.
Tuesday, April 19 2005
called the dude back from Absolute Recruitment back, set up an interview for tomorrow @ 1100. says the position's for some "fairly new, funky company..." in the internet-marketing biz...hmmm...so they're "funky"? is that supposed to mean i don't have to take out the earrings tomorrow? haha, but i think i will just because. i don't have time to get a haircut though...i guess this "messy mop" will have to do...
finally finished doing my taxes (i think), hope i did 'em right. did some laundry, went for a run, (gorgeous day outside btw) n just lounged around w/ bobo for most of the day:
uncle Tyrone's just flew into town earlier today. gonna be here for a while visiting grandma n stuff so that's cool...maybe i'll get a chance to show him around if i'm free.
Choices - Wednesday, April 20 2005
interview downtown @ absolute recruitment; interviewer was some australian dude (so that's why he sounded a lil funny on the phone). think he took a liking to me after what seemed like 5 minutes, brought his boss in (a girl, not australian) n the 3 of us started discussing whether i'd be interested in a management trainee position. from what it sounds like; it's very competitive, sales/performance-oriented, fast-paced, and could be very lucrative if i play my cards right. exactly the type of job that i thought i was no longer interested in.
i mean, 2-3 years back i would've jumped at this opportunity, i didn't mind being a workaholic or putting in endless hours to get the job done, provided i'd receive a profitable outcome. i wanted something fast-paced, "exciting". i wanted my job to be the way i wanted my life to be (b/c back then life=work=money pretty much), 9-5 paper-pusher was definitely not appealing...but now i seem to be at a point where i see work as a mere form of sustenance, just something to pay the bills & fund my own personal pursuits. be it travel, adventure/sports, motorcycling, music, etc...
i guess what i'm saying is that i don't exactly dread the idea of working a "regular 9-5" job b/c 1)i tend to be the type of person who somehow finds a way to entertain myself while doing even the most mundane of tasks anyway, so being bored @ work isn't really a concern; and 2)i envision myself (hopefully) having enough stuff going on outside of work to keep me fulfilled in terms of adventure/excitement/activity. i think i dig the kind of job where i work comfortably @ my own pace (which seems to be a lot faster than that of most of my co-workers to begin with), one where i can go take a walk when i feel like it, where i can do some private research on the side, write a few chords/verses down here n there, something that keeps me busy, but not too busy.
with a job where i have to endlessly compete and bend over backwards & let the work spill into overtime/late nights & weekends, i don't see myself having the freedom to just "leave work, at work", being able to leave all my worries about work at the workplace and then be able to go crazy and do whatever it is i'll be doing outside of work, w/o my thoughts drifting back to what's going to happen on monday when that client calls, or what's going to happen with cutbacks b/c we didn't get that big account, etc...
blablabla...k this is getting too long. just thought it interesting today that this opportunity should come up during my interview. i'd actually gotten the call from them regarding a different job, but after looking @ my resume again & talking w/ me briefly, they thought i'd be a better candidate for this other position. maybe b/c i'd been trained to say all the right things, throw in all the right buzz-words, or maybe b/c we seemed to be on the same level in terms of personality/ambitions etc...they even asked me straight out: "are you the type of person that likes money?" lol, at the time i answered positively, but inside i was thinking "err...yeah, but enough's enough..." seriously, money is not a huge motivator. don't get me wrong, i have expectations/goals, but i don't think i need a 6-figure salary & a Porsche to make me happy. (a ducati & an aprilia would be plenty =P)
anyway...didn't i say this was getting too long? yeesh...but yeh, in the end i thought what the heck, i'll give it a try. so i consented to going ahead w/ the next step. i mean, it's not like i'm even getting a job offer so what's to lose? at this point i'm just taking whatever i can from whatever experience i get, and learning from it as i go along until i stumble across something that sticks.
somebody once told me that in today's workplace it's almost like we're all working for ourselves. for example, i'd say i work at bcit, for myself. that approach appeals to me; the job i do (working for whatever company) doesn't become who i am, or what i "do". i'm not a "promotions specialist", or "director of communications", or "marketing manager"...they'd just be what i do to support who i actually am. that is; a slightly deranged, endlessly hungry, pain-loving, meat-munching, adventure-seeking, "wildlife" safari-ing, thick-skulled, sometimes insensitive, always imaginative, unfortunately oblivious, and slightly quirky...individual.
*SidenotE* - saw some of the girls for the first time in a while @ buck's tonight, and Cat's pricey/"trendy"/china-village-woman-looking leather shoes (that look like the kind michael jackson wears, except with tassels. =P)
A.I.B. (Allergy Induced Binge) - Thursday, April 21 2005
-called absolute recruitment, agreed to go ahead w/ the application for the position
-went for a run, got home...then !BAM! allergy attack! crazy sneezing, stuffy nose, not cool.
-so damn hungry, such a shame all that exercise was wasted in one afternoon: one toasted turkey sandwich (cucumbers, turkey breast, mayo, honey mustard, cheese), one can Chunky Soup (New England Clam Chowder), one Sensation bar (ice cream, smothered in decadent chocolate & nuts), one grape fruit (topped w/ lots of sugar), 3-5 Starburst candies, one cup Nestle Strawberry Cheesecake flavoured ice cream...and all this between lunch & dinner, where i did nothing more than continue my miserable sneezing and blowing of the nose, try to sleep (but couldn't b/c of the sneezing), and go online. yeesh...what a waste of a beautiful day.
on a sidenote, 2 interesting sites i came across:
hitchhikersmovie.com; official site for the movie based on Douglas Adams' novel:
"the most astonishing adventure in the universe begins...when the world ends."
not bad for an attention-grabber eh? release date: april 29 2005. gotta check that one out...
n this guy's cool too:
Little Ninjai.
i rmmbr seeing the first short like years ago, but forgot who showed it to me, n never really kept up with it. watched 1-4, i'll leave the rest till later, but it's pretty cool.
1500: got a call from BCIT HR lady, they need someone for Friday morning in the Disabilities Resource Centre, & they're giving me a new contract for the next 2 weeks (at least) in Student Records. cool...
Friday, April 22 2005
-woke up ridiculously early (0730) to get to work @ 0800, logged a few hours, went to the gym, had lunch, then back home
-finally got around to calling in n booking my next few appointments, yeesh...gonna have to wait till June & July before getting any more work done. somebody gonna get hurt...
-other than that...hrrm...me thinks this was a pretty boring day...o wait, yeah; family went out for dinner. it was good.
Return of the Rat - Saturday, April 23 2005
-lil sister flew in from Prince George today @ 1305. picked her up n was going to go for some sushi @ samurai, but the place was packed so went for dim sum instead. greeeease...
-home n then napped for a bit...
-o yeah, the "rat": no real rodents here, just that mui's born in the year of the rat that's all.
1st Food Orgy of the Season - Sunday, April 24 2005
1500-1800: got a much needed haircut, rushed like mad to make my mango pudding to bring to dinner tonight, booked it to the gym for a bit, back home to pick up the half-chilled mango mess & order 1 large bbq chicken pizza...
2300: oh man...so stuffed. don't wanna go to work tomorrow. but it was a good night. had bbq/potluck/bday dinner @ Tom's house tonight. there was salmon, homemade burgers, hotdogs, chicken, mashed potatoes, pasta, spring rolls, sangria, pizza (i brought), salad, mushroom caps, mango pudding (i made), etc...quite the abundant feast. i'll hate myself when i see the new flap of flab around my waist tomorrow morning...but that's not important for now...at the moment i'm quite content; the mango pudding was well received, and there was plenty of meat. my only regret...i forgot to bring my camera!! to take pictures, of the food!! but no matter, such treasured memories will live on inside of me...well, literally at least for another few hours they will, until they've been "processed" & "disposed". *sigh*...hopefully i'll remember next time. O_o
was gonna post more HK Journals, but too tired. next time...